tonfo

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tonfo

/ˈtonfo/

Where it comes from

dal longobardo *tumpfo, voce onomatopeica, radice che si ritrova nei verbi come il medio alto-tedesco dümpfen o il danese dumpe ‘cadere con un tonfo’

noun tonfi

suono cupo di oggetto o corpo che cade

verb

prima persona singolare dell'indicativo presente di tonfare

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noun

verb

In English

pound hard blow
splash sound made by an object hitting a liquid
roll a heavy, reverberatory sound
downfall precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or we
thump sound
thud the sound of a dull impact

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BibTeX

@misc{tonfo_2026,
  title = {tonfo},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/it/tonfo},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}